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E. B. MOSELBY. AGGOUNT REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1a, 190s,

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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EMERSON B. IVIOSELEY, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE IVICCASKEY REGISTER COMPANY, (INCORPORATED IN 1914,) F ALLIANCE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

ACCOUNT-REGISTER.

1,122,98L Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgfl Dec 29, 19141 Application filed June 15, 1998. Serial No. 438,622.

To all whom it may concern: Constructed and arranged in any desired Be it known that I, EMERSON B. MosnLEY, manner. For the purpose of illustration, 55 a citizen of the United States, residing at it 1S Shown as comprising a desk-like base Alliance, in the county of Stark and State Pol'tlon 2, having a top 3 formed in two 5 of Ohio, have invented certain new and useparts, the rear part 3 of which is 'prefere tul Improvements in Account-Registers, of ably stationary and has hinged to it the which the following is a specification, referfront part :if to permit ready access to the 60 ence being had therein t0 the accompanying Interior Of the baSe. The rear Wall 5 Of the drawings. casing extends vertically upward, as do the This invention relates to improvements Slde Walls 6 and 7. A cap or top plate 8 in account registers, and more particularly may be employed when desired. to that class of account registers in which 9 indicates bill holding frames. rThese G5 a series ot bill carrying frames is grouped frames in themselves may be ot any well together and mounted so that each individknown construction. For the purpose of ual frame or all of the frames in the series illustration I have shown them comprising may be moved from a normally vertical asheet or plate 10, or any suitable material, position within a casing to a horizontal one, divided on each side by vertically arranged 7 o or vice Versa. ribs 10 into a plurality of vertically dis- One of the objects of my invention is to posed bill. or sales slip receiving sections.

provide in such an account register a series Each of these sections is preferably aroi pivotally mounted bill holding frames ranged to receive and hold two sets of bills, constructed and arranged so that they may one above the other. This may be accom- 75 be readily removed from or inserted into plished in any well known manner. For operative position within the casing, withthe purpose I have shown clips 11, preferout disturbing and removing the pivotal ably made of spring metal and suitably semountings for the said frames, which latcured in position on the frames. The botter remain at all times in the casing. With tom and side edges of the plates 10 may be 80 my improved construction, from time to reinforced in any suitable and well known time, the series of bill holding frames may manner, and for this purpose I have shown be removed from the casing and arranged in U-shaped bars 12, each arranged to receive compact form for the purpose of storing one of the said plates, the sides and bottoms them in a safe, vault, or other place for safe of the latter being flanged, as indicated at 85 keeping. 10a and 10b, respectively, and these flanged Other objects of my invention will be obportions being secured to the adjacent parts vious from the description and disclosure or" the U-shaped bar, preferably by means of of an account register embodying it which rivets 13. The bill holding frames 9 may be I have herein chosen for the purpose of connected together so as to permit the rela` 90 illustration. tive lateral as well as the relative longitu- Figure 1 is a front view of an account dinal movement of the frames in the series, register embodying myimprovements. Fig. and at the same time have the frames asso- 2 is a view showing the casing broken away ciated, so that when they are removed from and the bill holding frames and their supthe casing, they will not become separated, 95 porting members in side elevation. Fig. one from the other, and out of place in the 3 is a perspective view of the supporting series. rlhis connecting together of the members for the bill holding frames and trames may be accomplished in any pretheir supplemental carrying and positioning f'erred manner. For the purpose of illustrame, detached. Fig. L is a detail view of tration, I have shown at either side of each 100 an arm of a frame-supporting member. of the intermediate frames between the Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the series of front and the rear frame of the series, a pair bill-carrying frames removed from the of links 14, 15, each pivotally connected on casing. a laterally projecting stud 1G, carried by In the drawings, 1 indicates as an entirety the stitlening bar 12 'of the frame. The 105 a suitable casing or housing. It may be outer end of each link 15 is pivotally oen- Pyr nected at 15 to the adjacent end of the adjoining link 111 carried by the next frame in the series. The front and rear frames of the series each carry at either side a single one of these connecting links. Above the laterally projecting studs 16 at the bottom of each frame and also projecting laterally at either side of the frame from the stiffening bar 12, are studs or lugs 17 for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

18 indicates supporting members for the bill holding frames. Each of these frame supporting members 18, in the illustrative construction herein disclosed, comprises a horizontal rod or bar 19, having at either side arms 2O which extend preferably at right angles to the bar 19, and are rigidly secured thereto, and may be formed integrally therewith, if desired. Each of the arms 20 is longitudinally grooved or recessed, as indicated at 21, the walls at the open end of each groove being beveled away, as indicated at 22, to facilitate the introduction of the laterally projecting lugs 16 and 17 on one of the bill holding frames. As many of these frame supporting members 18 are arranged, one behind the other in series, as there are bill holder frames to be supported, and they are preferably held in proper relation to each other in a supplemental frame 23. This latter frame comprises a rear bar 24 adapted to be suitably secured to the back wall 5 of the casing 1, as by means of screws, and forward and downwardly extending side bars 26, having at their front ends feet or brackets 27 which may be suitably secured to the wall 3 of the base, as by means of screws 28. Each of the horizontal bars 19 of the frame supporting members 18 is extended laterally from the arms 20 as indicated at 19l to form pivots or pintles which are rotatably mounted in suitable apertures or bearings 29 in the side bars 26 of the supplemental frame 23.

It is often times desirable to counterbalance the bill carrying frames 9 so as to facilitate the operation of the account register as an entirety. For this purpose I have provided the frame supporting members 18 with counterbalancing springs 30. Each transverse bar 19 with the exception of the foremost one in the series, is encircled at one endby one of these coiled springs 30. The outer end of each of these springs is inserted in an opening 31 in the adjacent arm 20. The inner end of the spring is inserted in anv opening 32 in a rotatable head 33 loosely mounted on the shaft 19 and between the spring 30 thereon and a washer 34 held from inward movement along the shaft by a pin 35. At one corner of each of its surfaces, each tension adjusting head 33 has an opening or recess 33 arranged to receive one end of a holding arm or positioning piece 36 suitably arranged in the casing.

In order to adjust the tension of a spring 30, the head 33 connected to it is rotated on its shaft 19 until the requisite tension is acquired, when the positioningl piece 36 is permitted to enter one of the recesses 33 in the head.

On the front frame it is sometimes desired to have more pressure than on the other frames in the series. In order to accomplish this, I have arranged a compound spring 37, one end of which is wound in one direction, and the other end in the opposite direction about the foremost bar 19. The opposite ends of this spring may be secured in any suitable manner to the rod 19, as by means of screws 38. Near the center the spring is straightened, as indicated at 37', to fit into a groove 39 in a tension adjusting head 39 loosely mounted on the rod. This head 39 has its different surfaces recessed at 39n to receive one end of a positioning and holding piece 40, the other end of which is suitably arranged in the casing.

Assuming that the bill holding frames are removed from the casing 1 and are arranged in the relative position shown in Fig. 5, they may be inserted into working position in the casing simply by directing the lugs 16 and 17 on each frame into the grooves 21 in its respective supporting member 18. The lowermost lug 16 on each frame comes into engagement with the bottom of the groove in the supporting member 18 for the frame, and as the supporting members for the various frames are arranged so that the bottoms of their respective grooves lie one above the other in ascending series from front to rear of the register, the upper edges of the bill carrying frames will project, one above the other, from front to rear of the series, so as to freely expose to view the index numbers 15 on the various frames. The purpose of the lugs 17 is to engage the walls of the grooves 21 at points above their engagement with the lugs 16, so as to preclude the turning of the frames 9 relative to the arms 2O of their respective supporting members.

The operation of the device will be readily understood. With the bill holding frames in the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in order to gain access to any desired leaf, all that is necessary is to grasp the leaf or the one in front of it and pull forward and downwardly. The frames may be returned to their normal position by hand, or the tension springs 30 and 37 may be set so as to cause the frames to swing back into normal position when released.

In order to remove the series of bill carrying frames from the casing, all that is necessary is to grasp the series and lift it upwardly, the lugs 16 and 17 on each frame will be guided out of the supporting member 18 for the frame, and as soon as all of the frames are free from their supporting frames, the series of bill carrying frames may be lifted out of the casing and arranged in compact form.

ln order to overcome the frictional resistance between the adjacent edges of adjoining arms 2O of the frame-supj'iorting members, 1 have provided each of these arms with an anti-friction roller l1 loosely mounted on a stud 42 extendinglaterally from the arm. The periphery of each of these rollers is adapted to engage with the surface of a cam 43 carried by the adjoining arm 9.0 of the preceding frame supporting member in the series. The cam surface of each of these cams 43 is low at either end, as indicated at 43, 43a, and gradually rises between these ends, as indicated at 43", so that when the frame supporting members 18 are in vertical position within the casing, the edge of each one of them engages with the adjacent edge of the adjoining member and this is also true when the supporting members are swung down into horizontal position, but between these vertical and horizontal positions, the rollers 41 riding on their respective cam surfaces separate the arms 20 from each other so as to preclude frictional engagement between their edges as the bill holding frames are oscillated.

The tension springs 30 and 37 normally tend to swing the frames rearwardly, as viewed in Fig. 2, and the frames with the arms 20 of their supporting members are normally maintained vertically by the combined action of the said tension springs and the engagement of adjacent edges of adj oining arms 20, since, when the edges of two adjoining arms lie in engagement with each other, the two arms are prevented from swinging about their respective pivots.V

To those skilled in the art of Amaking account registers, many alterations in construction and widely differing embodiments and applications of my invention will sug gest themselves, without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. My disclosures and the description herein are purely illustrative, and are not intended to be in any sense limiting.

1. An account register comprising a plurality of movable supporting members, each having at either end a longitudinally grooved arm, and a series of bill holding frames, one for each of said supporting members, and each frame having at either side a plurality of lateral extensions arranged to be longitudinally inserted into and withdrawn from the groove in the ad* jacent arm of the supporting member for said frame.

2. An account register comprising a plurality of movable supporting members. each having at either end a longitudinally grooved arm, and a series of bill holding frames, one for each of said supporting members, and each frame having at either side a plurality of lateral extensions disposed one above the other and arranged to be longitudinally inserted into and with drawn from the groove in the adjacent arm of the supporting member for said frame.

3. An account register comprising a plurality of pivotally mounted supporting members, each having at either end a longitudinally` grooved arm, and a series of bill holding frames, one for each of said supporting members, and each frame having at either side a plurality of lateral extensions arranged to be longitudinally inserted into and withdrawn from the groove in the adjacent arm of the supporting member for said frame.

4. An account register comprising a plurality of supporting members mounted on independent pivots arranged one behind the other, said members being free to oscillate independently or collectively, a plurality of bill holding frames, one for each of said supporting members, and connections between each frame and its supporting member constructed to permit the ready removal and replacement of the frame.

5. An account register comprising a plurality of supporting members mounted on independent pivots arranged one behind the other in ascending series, said members being free to oscillate independently or collectively, a plurality of bill holding frames, one for each of said supporting members, and connections between each frame and its supporting member constructed to permit the ready removal and replacement of the frame.

6. An account register comprising a series of bill holder frames connected together to permit relative lateral and longitudinal movement of the frames, a movable sup` porting member for each frame, and connections between each frame and its supporting member constructed to permit the ready removal and replacement of the frame.

7. An account register comprising a series of bill holder frames linked together, a movable supporting member for each frame, and connections between each frame and its supporting member constructed to permit the ready removal and replacement of the frame.

8. An account register comprising a series of bill holder frames hinged together, a piv* otally mounted supporting member for each frame, and connections between each frame and its supporting member constructed to permit the ready removal and replacement of the frame.

9..An account register comprising a plurality of pivotally mounted bill carrying frames, and cams and anti-friction rollers movable with the said frames and arranged to separate the frames and reduce the friction between them when they are oscillated. l0. In a filing appliance, the combination of a series of leaves, a projecting stud carried by the opposite. ends of each leaf, grooved supporting means for said studs, the said supporting means operating to permit the reclining of the leaves from a substantially vertical position to a substantially horizontal position and vice versa, and links pivotally connected to the' opposite ends of the leaves for connecting them together.

11. In a filing appliance, the combination of a series of leaves, a supporting pin projecting laterally from the opposite ends of each leaf near its bottom edge, links between adjacent leaves each pivotally connected at one end to an adjacent pin, and means for pivotally connecting the links between adjacent leaves together, the said projecting pins being adapted for connection with a suitable support whereby the leaves may be swung on an axis relative to each other.

l2. In a iiling appliance, the combination of a casing, a series of slip holding leaves linked together at their bottom or lower portion, the links of the leaves being pivotally attached together, a pin secured to the opposite ends of each leaf, and supporting means provided with open recesses to receive the said pins.

13. In a filing appliance, the combination of a casing, a series of slip holding leaves linked together at their bottom or lower portion, the links of the leaves being pivotally attached together, a pin secured to the opposite ends of each leaf, and supporting means provided with stepped open recesses to receive the said pins.

1l. In a tiling appliance, the combination of a series of leaves, a supporting pin eX- tending laterally from the opposite ends of each leaf, links connecting adjacent leaves together pivotally connected at one end to an adjacent leaf, and the opposite end of each link pivotally connected to a link of an adjacent leaf, and supporting means hav- 4 ing recesses to receive the projecting pins.

15. A filing appliance comprising a series of bill holding frames linked together, supporting members for said frames, and connections between each frame and said supporting members constructed to permit the ready removal and replacement of the frames.

16. In a credit cabinet, the combination of a case, a series of credit slip holding leaves linked together at their bottom or lower portion, the links of the leaves pivotally attached together, bearings secured to the leaves, and supports provided with open recesses, said open recesses adapted to receive the bearings, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

- 17. In a credit cabinet of 'the class described, the combination of a casing, a series of credit slip holding leaves provided with credit slip holding clips, said credit slip holding leaves linked together at their bottom or lower ends and provided with bearings, supports provided with stepped open recesses, said recesses adapted to receive the bearings of the credit slip holding leaves, and the links pivoted together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

18. The combination of a series of frames of uniform .size and shape and provided with projecting rods .at their opposite lower ends, means for supporting said rods in stepped relationship and permitting said frames to swing from a substantially vertical to a substantially horizontal position, and links between said projecting rods for connecting said frames together, whereby said frames can be adjusted toward and from each other.

19. The combination of a series of billholding frames, means for pivotally supporting said frames in stepped relationship to each other, and co-engaging devices carried by the frames for separating them relatively to each other whenv operated in groups. v

20. The combination of a series of billholding frames, means forV pivotally supporting said frames in stepped relationship to each other, and cam operated means carc ried by the frames for separating them relatively to each other during their movement when operated in a group or groups.

21. The combination of a series of billholding frames, means for pivotally sup- .L

porting said frames in stepped relationship to each other, and devices for swinging the frames relatively to each other about their respective pivots during the swinging movements of said frames when operated in groups.

22. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a series of billholding frames, a series of pivoted members, one for each frame, for supporting 5.1,

said frames, means for pivotally supporting said members to swing relative to each other, and means for swinging said frames relatively to each other during their movement when said frames are operated in groups.

23. The combination of a series of billholding frames, means for pivotally supporting said frames independently in stepped relationship, permitting them to swing separately or in groups, and means for causing relative swinging movement between the frames during their operation when operated in groups.

24. The combination of a series of bill holding frames, means for pivotally sup- In testimony whereof I affix my signaporting said frames independently in ture, in the presence of two Witnesses. stepped relationship, permitting them .to

T swing separately or in groups, and cam EMERSOB B' MOSELEY' means for causing relative swinging move- Witnesses:

ment between the frames during their opera- HOMER V. BRIGGLE,

tion when operated in groups. LENA F. REICHENBAUGH.

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